"The Times reviewed court documents, social media and public records to glean more information about the group and found that its reach is expanding across the nation - and it has links to prior instances of violence. The review confirmed that one of the alleged conspirators of the New Year's bomb plot lost his home in the Eaton fire and had been accused in the past of assault."
"The alleged bombing scheme immediately grabbed national headlines due to the charges of politically motivated violence. The "violent, homegrown, antigovernment group," according to the FBI, planned to bomb several Southern California businesses. If true, and successful, the plan could have been deadly and undoubtedly would have left residents and the region stunned on the cusp of a new year."
"The group also helped promote a protest against an Israeli defense company earlier this month that ended in at least two arrests outside a Koreatown temple. And there is at least one alleged "comrade" of the foursome, according to court documents, who appears to have been working with the group from well outside Southern California."
Federal officials announced additional terrorism charges against members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front accused of plotting New Year's Eve bombings across Southern California. An FBI sting foiled the plan when four people with ties to the group were arrested while constructing improvised explosive devices in the Mojave Desert. The FBI described the group as violent, homegrown and antigovernment. Public records and court documents indicate the group's reach is expanding nationally and that it has links to prior violence. One alleged conspirator lost his home in the Eaton fire and faced past assault accusations; protests linked to the group led to arrests.
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